VERSE 1:
I can [F] hear the soft [Dm] breathing of the [Bb] girl that I [Am] love
As she [F] lies here be-[Gm]-side me a-[C]-sleep with the night
And her [F] hair in a [Dm] fine mist [Bb] floats on my [Am] pillow
Re-[F]-flecting the [Gm] glow of the [Bb] win-[C]-ter moon-[F]-light [Gm][F]
VERSE 2:
She is [F] soft she is [Dm] warm but my [Bb] heart remains [Am] heavy
As I [F] watch as her [Gm] breasts gently [C] rise, gently fall
For I [F] know with the [Dm] first light of [Bb] dawn I'll be [Am] leaving
And [F] tonight will be [Gm] all I have [Bb] left [C] to re-[F]-call [Gm][F]
VERSE 3:
Oh [F] what have I [Dm] done, [Bb] why have I [Am] done it
I've [F] committed a [Gm] crime, [C] broken the law
For [F] twenty five [Dm] dollars and [Bb] pieces of [Am] silver
I [F] held up and [Gm] robbed a [Bb] hard [C] liquor [F] store [Gm][F]
VERSE 4:
My [F] life seems un-[Dm]-real, my [Bb] crime an [Am] illusion
A [F] scene badly [Gm] written in [C] which I must play
And I [F] know as I [Dm] gaze at my [Bb] young love be-[Am]-side me
The [F] morning is [Gm] just a few [Bb] hou-[C]-rs a-[F]-way [Gm][F open]
